Despite the promises in IE8 documentation, min-width does not seem to be functioning as expected.
The specific issue arises within table cells of my HTML layout.
A recommendation from a previous question was to insert a 1-pixel high div with width settings in each cell, but this workaround only results in an inexplicable 18 pixel height in IE rendering.
Shown below is the snippet of HTML code:
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">
table.keyboard div.key {
height: 50px;
font-size:50px;
border: 5px outset gray;
min-width: 60px;
text-align: center;
}
table.keyboard div.spc {
height: 1px;
width: 60px;
background-color: green;
}
table.keyboard td:hover {
background-color: lightblue;
}
table.keyboard {
border: 3px inset blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="body">
<div>Here is some stuff</div>
<table class='keyboard'>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><div class='key'>1</div><div class='spc'></div></td>
<td><div class='key'>2</div><div class='spc'></div></td>
<td><div class='key'>3</div><div class='spc'></div></td>
<td><div class='key'>4</div><div class='spc'></div></td>
<td><div class='key'>5</div><div class='spc'></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The problematic "spc" div unexpectedly appears scaled at 18 pixels!
Evidently, if min-width functioned correctly, such workarounds would be rendered unnecessary...
<table class='keyboard'>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><div class='key'>1</div></td>
<td><div class='key'>2</div></td>
<td><div class='key'>3</div></td>
<td><div class='key'>4</div></td>
<td><div class='key'>5</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Any insights or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I have uploaded three different versions of this code on my website for reference.